Regional field director
for
Polk County on Obama's Iowa caucus campaign. Worked on the
communications
staff of the Washington Senate Democratic Caucus during the 2007
legislative
session. Political director for U.S. Rep .Adam Smith during the
2006
election cycle, during which she ran south Puget Sound GOTV for the
2006
Washington state Coordinated Campaign. Field organizer on U.S.
Sen.
Patty Murray's 2004 re-election campaign. Washington state native
and graduate of the University of Puget Sound.

South Puget Sound (Offices: Tacoma, South King County at 406 W Meeker
St, Kent, and Olympia) -- Grant LahmannIowa field organizer
(Tama County). In 2006 Lahmann served as
Pierce County field organizer (Tacoma) on the Washington State
Democratic
Coordinated Campaign. Washington native.

(announced August 30,
2007;
endorsed Sen. Obama in Feb. 2007) Represents Washington's 9th CD;
first elected to Congress in 1996. Elected to the State Senate in
1990. (At only 25 years of age, he became the youngest state senator in
the country when he took office in 1991). Law degree from the
University
of Washington Law School, 1990. Graduated from Fordham University
in 1987. Lifelong resident of the 9th CD; lives in Northeast
Tacoma.

Washington State
SEIU
Endorses ObamaState's Largest Union Joins Obama's
Movement for ChangeWashington State SEIU
announced
its endorsement of Senator Barack Obama. Washington SEIU, the largest
union
in the state with over 100,000 members who previously endorsed Senator
John Edwards, has now chosen to mobilize its members to support Obama.
The Washington State SEIU cited Obama's ability to unite people to
bring
the fundamental change our health care system needs.

Senator Obama said, "I
am
proud to accept the endorsement of the Washington State SEIU, and
together
we will provide affordable, quality health care for every single
American.
Washington State families deserve to know that we will end the game
playing
in Washington and unite all of us to change the way the health care
system
works so that every single American has the coverage they need."

"The last eight years
have
been a disaster for working families," said SEIU Healthcare 775NW
President
David Rolf. "We need to bring fundamental change to Washington DC on
issues
like health care, tax fairness, and immigration, and Senator Obama is
the
candidate who can make that happen."

"We know that Barack
Obama
stands with and for working people because in Illinois he acted to help
raise child care workers out of poverty and improve the quality of care
for children," said Kim Cook, SEIU 925 President. "He supported a
movement
of child care workers that has spread to Washington State and across
the
country."

"Now, more than ever,
we
need a candidate who can bring change to our country, deliver needed
health
care reform, and help working families," said Diane Sosne, RN,
president
of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW. "Barack Obama is the candidate who can unite
America."

"SEIU Local 6
represents
janitors, security guards and other building service officers across
our
state – most of whom are barely able to make ends meet," said SEIU
Local
6 President Sergio Salinas. "We are convinced that Barack Obama is the
candidate best able to represent the interests of our hard working
families."

SEIU represents 100,000
health
care, long-term care, education, child care, and building service
workers
throughout Washington State. It is the state's largest, most diverse,
and
most politically active union. The union will be making tens of
thousands
of phone calls over the next few days to encourage members to attend
the
Democratic caucuses on Saturday.